the ride will honor the 40 passengers that were killed on united airlines flight 93 going from newark to new jersey to san francisco. it begins this morning near the san francisco airport scheduled to end september 11th near shanksville, pennsylvania, in the field where that hijacked plane went down. >>> there were no major problems at the oakland coliseum where the raiders hosted the saints. both the raiders and the 49ers promised to step up security in the wake of the violence at last weekend's battle of the bay at candlestick. there was a visible law enforcement presence yesterday but fans say what happened last weekend isn't typical at either stadium. and they believe security is adequate. >> you know, we have problems here from time to time. but the response by police and we have ushers in every section and we have a system where if there is a problem, all you have to do is text and security will be there instantly. >> raiders fans say the so- called aggressive and violent behavior of the "raider nation" is exaggerated and they blame the violence on non-regular fans as well as ex

organizers hope to raise $250,000 for a flight 93 national memorial. >> united airlines flight 93 never made its stop to san francisco during the terrorist attack of september 11. the passengers took it over and crashed it into the ground. >> despite the rain and clouds and flooding of hurricane irene, it's business as usual on wall street this morning. for more on that and other news before the bell it's courtney reagan at cnbc. good morning. >> hi, good morning. futures are up sharply and that's possibly due to some relief that hurricane irene wasn't as bad, at least as many feared it could have been. there may also be a little carryover from friday's rally as investors reacted to a speech from fed chairman ben bernanke who predicts that the u.s. economy will return to full health. he didn't announce new stimulus measures but he did leave room open for more action if it looks like we're headed back into recession. asian markets were up, europe was up as well. we'll get data on pending home sales later this morning. the dow up friday, trading begins at 11,284, the nasdaq up 60 points t

united airlines canceled this passenger's flight to new york. this college student says the class to start monday. >> if i missed monday's class i will be >> in >> he spend time looking to representatives and trying to get an earlier flight. there is no way to get there by monday. this international college to the from thailand is trying to get to washington d.c. city does not miss the first of school. american airlines told him he might be able to get on a sunday flight. he is 20 spend the night at sfo and hope for the best. >> another 30 flights are expected to be cancelled for sunday. they do not expect things to get back to normal until monday. >> at oakland international, an injectable will have the only flights scheduled for the east coast, all of which has been cancelled. passage is akin to the airport were stranded. >> our flight was scuttled for sunday, now, we cannot go home with no of permission otherwise. it is canceled until further notice. >> everything was canceled. >> lights are not expected to be rescheduled until airports on th

it will honor 40 passengers killed on united airlines flight 93 going from newark, new jersey to san francisco. the ride will begin this morning near the san francisco international airport and it's scheduled to end september 11th near shanksville, pennsylvania, at the field where the hijacked plane crashed. >>> it is 6:26 now. no major problems at the oakland coliseum where the raiders hosted the saint last night. the alameda county sheriff's department said about an average number of people 10 or 12 folks were arrested yesterday. there was visible law enforcement presence though following all the violence at last weekend's battle of the bay over at candlestick. the 49ers got a good grade as well in their game on saturday. >>> 6:26. coming up, turning a train ride into a tailgate party. the transit agency blamed for encouraging rowdy fans. >> the death toll and damage from hurricane irene and why it's creating big problems if you are traveling in an airplane today. >>> the final four pieces needed in the bay bridge reconstruction project arrive from china today. and tonight caltrans

alisyn: a united airlines flight carrying 135 passengers from washington to a mexican beach resort makes an unplanned landing in cuba after reporting a strange odor coming from the cockpit. the husband of this mother of triplets has been arefortd. clay waller is expected in court today. missouri police say the charges he's now facing have nothing to do with his wife's disappearan disappearance. bill: so this is what we are told leading members of congress and the white house. the president have apparently agreed to a debt deal hours before that declared deadline tuesday by the treasury department. the problem is they have to vote on it and pass it. house speaker john boehner told his republicans that they got 98% of what they wanted. bob beckel worked in president carter's white house. andrea and ta tantaros are boths of the "the five." >> we are co-cohosts of the "the nine." bill: john boehner said we got 98% of what we wanted. that's not on tape. by that's what's been reported what he told his members of his caucus. then one of the leaders said, really? nanny's pool is only 2%? she is

united airlines canceled this students flight to new york. they've booked him on a wednesday flight. this college student says the class to start monday. >> i am worried. if i miss class on monday, i do not know, i'm going to be in trouble. >> he spent much of the saturday afternoon on the phone speaking with customer service representatives but there was no luck on getting an earlier flight. >> i feel confused. >> he is not alone. this international college student from thailand is trying to get to washington d.c. so that he does not miss the first day of school. >> it is important. we have to know what class you are born to be an end what it is about. >> his saturday morning flight was also cancelled. american airlines told him he might be able to get on a sunday flight so he plans to spend the night at the airport and hope for the best. >> i will just play here on the floor. that is all i can do. play games on my cell phone. >> another 30 cancellations for sunday. airport officials say things will not be back to normal until monday. >> at

. >> reporter: this is a united airlines cockpit. united says readministration 38 pounds of paper each flight with a 1.5 pound ipad can eliminate 16 million sheets of paper a year. by getting rid of all that weight the airline will also save 326,000 gallons of jet fuel a year. it's silicon valley know-how helping pilots to be more efficient. >> aviation is especially interested in thing that can reduce loads, reduce weight to playing it more efficient. a small device, whether it is a smart phone or an ipad or something like that can take the place of big computers or stacks of paper, that's a good thing. >> reporter: as long as the screens show this and not angry birds, it should be smooth sailing with the high-tech boost to the environment. in san jose, scott budman, nbc bay area news. >> you're pretty surprised that happened that fast, huh? >> i know. at least they're not using the angry birds. >> that would be bad. thank you for joining us. ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] because you never stop improving your recipe... we never stop

. >>> united airlines is converting to paperless flight manuals. the company will issue thousands of ipads to all united and continental pilots. the tablets will replace the paper flight manuals providing pilots with special charts through an ipad app. >> information is clear. can you zoom in, zoom out, so lots of coolness in this thing. there's a change of procedure in chicago. typically we would print the charts, electronically, send them to our vendor who would print them and send them back to us and it may take up to three weeks. >> the paper flight manuals weigh up to 40 pounds. the ipad weighs, well, 1.5 pounds. lucky them. they get it for free. huge news about the latest version of the iphone and facebook makes a major announcement about privacy settings. joining me now with the details on both of those stories joe brown, editor-in-chief of gizmoto.com. i read this would be a lesser expensive smartphone, maybe without all the bells and whistles, but you say? >> i think you expect both. fancy iphone 5 will have more bells and whistles for you

. >> united airlines is giving pilots ipads to replace their paper flight manuals. united plans to distribute the tab bs lets to all 11,000 pilots by the end of the year, including navigation charts and united says it will save 16 million sheets of paper and 326,000 gallons of jet fuel. alaska and delta have given ipads to pilot autos and a shocking number of bay area families struggling for food. though we're in one of the agriculturely rich areas of the nation. >> and i'm michael finney. sue g wants to know what is up with grocery store deals offering multiple products for a low price? ♪ ♪ free access to chase atm's wherever you are. that's a step forward. chase customers can avoid atm fees with over 16,000 nationwide. take a step forward and chase what matters. fiber one. almost tastes like one of jack's cereals. uh forgot jack's cereal. [ jack ] what's for breakfast? uh, try the number one! i've never heard of that. [ wife ] it's great. it's a sweet honey cereal, you'll love it. are you guys alright? yeah. [ male announcer ] half a days worth of fiber. not t

. >> united isn't the only airline charging co-payments. continental and american charge fee was miles to upgrade. so does u.s. airways on international flights. >> doug and i watch 7 on your side. and so he thought maybe we'll write 7 on your side. >> they did. we contacted united. the airline said with co-payment, more passengers now have access to premium seats that. is because more low fare seats now qualify for upgrades. and it also says fewer miles to upgrade, though there is that co-pay. however, because the fee came as a surprise to the edens, united did give them a break. it waived half of the co-payment, saving them $850 in all. >> it was wonderful. we know united airlines would not have done anything without 7 on your side. >> they stepped up. thank you for that. united says passengers shouldn't be surprised when the airline demands a co-pay. customers are told about the fee when booking with united. the airline says the fee didn't snt collected before departure for two reasons, if they decide not to upgrade or decide to switch f

the products are in such demand that just today united airlines gave its pilots ipads to replace paper flight manuals. i'm dan ashley. ceos come and go but few are credited with success like apple. steve jobs turned in h his letter of resignation. he said "i always said if there ever came a day i could no longer meet by duties and expectations and apple's ceo i would be the first to let you know. unfortunately, that day has come ." jobs appeared in public in march to unveil the ipad. at a dinner hosted by president obama for tech leaders in silicon valley. lesliless has more tonight on s major change. >> not the end of appleby any means. steve jobs will continue on as apple's chairman of the board. he is not disappearing but reinventing his role in apple. steve jobs has been on medical leave from apple since early this year. after battling pan creeat eck cancer and a liver transplant. despite health problems he has turned the world in an i^ world with successful ipods, iphones and ipads. this. >> this is apple putting down on paper what has been the reality. >> tim cook takes the helm

reservation for instance when i talk to united airlines person in bombay i know exactly although they have they called themselves bill or willie or something i know exactly that it's. i know the guy's name is probably. and i'll ask you about it said first of all let's drop them a second they tell me people you know people say that your coolies you're being used for this you're being used by western companies by outsourcing companies what do you feel about it they say oh mr baba thank god that we can talk honestly about this well you know there are many things you have city in cambridge which we don't have and although i may be exploited in certain ways there are things i need and i want in fact i would quite like to govern to an american university or a canadian university or a german university this is the best i can do i think people there is an ambivalence there's a love hate relationship and people are aware of it i think that complexity is something the common people are aware of that's why don't you can just jettison that and get rid of the problem ok the idea will stay with us

in terms of airlines jetblue is the toughest one. 336 flights today cancelled. their hub is jfk. we did get an update. 3:30 p.m. eastern time is when they're going to try to be up running. in newark 380 flights cancelled for today. don't just call ahead, check online, check every avenue you can to get information. just because the airports are open doesn't mean your flight is going to take off. jetblue said they shipped 50 planes out of here for safety reasons and they've got to get the planes back to put some fannies in those seats. >> thank you, sir. appreciate that. want to show folks, we continue to get dramatic images and pictures in of what this storm has done. it may be very difficult to tell from this vantage point, but there's a tennis court underneath all of that water and mud and debris as well. again, this is a live picture here fire island. again, tennis courts there completely submerged. you can see tennis court on the left there was spared by mother nature, but the tennis courts on the right completely covered. also want to take you back to vermont. you can see the

. >> reporter: this is a united airlines cockpit. united says replacing 38 pounds of paper each flight with a 1 1/2 pound ipad can eliminate 16 million sheets s of paper a ye. by getting rid of all that weight, the airline will save 326,000 gallons of jet fuel a year. it's silicon valley nohow helping pilots be efficient. >> aviation is interested in things to reduce loads, reduce weight, make things efficient. a small device, whether a smart phone or ipad can take the place of big computers or stacks of paper, that's a good thing. >> reporter: as long as the screens show this and not angry birds, it should be smooth sailing with a high-tech boost to the environment. in san jose, scott budman, nbc way area news. >>> facebook's reach around the world is evident when you consider the amount of page views it reportedly got in june alone. the widely popular social networking site received a trillion page views during that month. yes. 12 zero zeros. yahoo! ranked third. internet research company come score desputs google's findings claimi

. >>> both united and continental airlines are buying ipads for their pilots to save money. they'll replace paper flight manual, logbooks and maps. the airlines say each 1 and a half pound ipad will replace 38 pounds worth of paper and could save 326,000 gallons of fuel each year. >>> news rules on the handling of captive el fans could mean the end of elephant rides. a new policy to prohibit free contact handling of elephants that. would mean the elimination of the park's interactive program, which includes touching and sometimes riding the animals. members of people for the ethical treatment of animals are delighted with the new rules. if six flags does not comply it, could lose its zoo accreditation. >>> a bond measure on the november ballot will not be enough to save an unused asphault plant in san francisco. the plant has not been used in years. even if voters pass a $248 million street bobbed in november, the plan will likely remain closed. it will cost about $3 million to make improvements and repairs. >>> our neck newscast is ktvu channel 2 news at 5. thank you for wa

on united airlines. they are telling people to stay on top of their airlines to make sure they know exactly what is flowing on. by the way if you are coming down hard and on some of the flights, it could be quite difficult according to airport spokesperson. most of the flights even before her can i ring were already in full. >> on top of a 55 minute delays because of the fall. thanks for the update. president obama >> is making a big economic announce a decision address the situation on what is happening with the effects of hurricane irene. he said it will take time to recover from a storm of this magnitude but that the federal response would continue. >> he just appointed a new member to his economic council. we have a video to show he of this new appointment. his name is alan krueger. he will head the white house council of economic advisers. he does have to be confirmed by the senate but the president just made the announcement literally seconds ago. that is the latest in the kron 4 news room. >> 8:06

the airlines aren't taking chances. 6,000 flights have been cancelled including five united flights from sfo today. yuntd united and virgin america cancelled 16 flights tomorrow with more cancellations likely. >> and one way or another this is going to affect tens of millions of americans. the storm is weakening and sounds like, changing course it s the course is changing slightly. now it's a potentially dangerous storm. it's a category two now. 100 miles per hour and it's pulled dry air from over the land areas into the center of the storm, you can see it's course is now more towards north-northeast. it's still expected to make land fall near cape hatteras tomorrow morning, it will probably weaken before moving through new york and into new england sunday and into monday. it's weakening and could shift farther east as it continues to move north. and we'll continue to track it for you. dan. >> thank you very much. >> both police and 49ers are promising there will not be a repeat of last weekend's violence at tomorrow's game in candle stick. the 49ers are playing houston but this time, mo

united airlines says it is investing half a billion dollars to improve seating on its planes. it is adding flatbed seats to first and business classes on long hall planes and increase overhead space and add wi-fi. and 30 planes should be outfitted by the end of the year and 100 more by next march. >>> your marital status could have a big impact on your waistline, i guess. >> well, that impact has differences related to gender and researchers from ohio state university found women usually gain weight after getting married. but men pack on the pounds after getting divorced. i don't like this study though. i know a lot of married couples and i think they both gain weight. >> because they're fat and happy. >> loving life. >> eating together. >>> time for a check of what is coming up today on "the early show" this morning. >> erika hill, who is proudly married, with a new baby. and look how great she looks. >> she looks fact -- fabulous this morning. >> that is very kind of you to say that. i hide the rest of it under the table. this girl loves her spanks. fat and happy on our end

united airlines says it is investigating half a billion dollars to improve seating on all of the planes and adding a flatbed seat to first and business classes for those long haul plane flights and increasing overhead space on some planes and adding wi-fi to others, and 38 planes should be outfitted by the end of the year and 100 more by next march. those of us with long legs, we're going to need thatly. >> know what you mean. >> entirely you. >> must love any flight. >> i am a shorty. >>> a tough break for the san francisco giants. the all-star who is out for the next two weeks. >> and we've heard of fried twinkies, fried bugs, but these are fried cheeseburgers. coming up, how the creator got the idea from a tasty treat. congestion from allergies shut me down. after allegra-d, i can breathe. [ female announcer ] for fast, non-drowsy, 24-hour relief from even congestion and pressure. which shirt feels more expensive? i get to touch these guys? oooh, ooh la la. i'm feeling their muscles. yup, yup. this feels great. that one. that one's softer. [ female announcer ] actually, it's the same

in from new york and they are mostly united airlines. a very busy morning this morning whe. it is touching those situation i. i will get reaction from people that could not get out of sf all over the weekend. >> we will check back with you of brought the morning >> a lot of pictures hot and the internet with a hurricane irene if you own up boat this is a situation you would not like to find it wound up on the street and rescue crews are trying to figure out what to do with it. this one is from north carolina these are houses along the shoreline and now you know why they're built on stilts another boat when that is almost capsized pushed on its side out of norfolk virginia rescue crews are trying to figure out how to get it back half hidden in the water. if you have any photos from of friend oppose them on our facebook fan page >> today is the sixth anniversary of hurricane katrina it wiped out the entire communities and the levees broke away setting off catastrophic flooding. it was a natural disaster in u.s. history when >> wall street

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>>reporter: united isn't the only airline charging co-payment. continental, american charge fees with miles to upgrade many economy seats. so does u.s. airway on international flight. >> we always watch 7 on your side and so he thought well maybe we'll just write 7 on your side. >>reporter: and they did. so we contacted united and the airline said with co-payment more passengers now have access to premium seats. that's because more low fare seats now gulf for upgrades. it also takes fewer miles to upgrade though there is that co-pay. however, because the fee came as a surprise to the couple quantityed did give them a break. it waived half the co-payment saving them 850 dollars in all. >> it was wonderful. we know that united airlines would not have done anything without 7 on your side. >>reporter: quantityed says passengers shouldn't be surprised when the airline demand co-pay at the gate. customers are told about the fee when they book directly with united. air lane says the fee isn't collected until departure in case customers decide not to upg

american airlines said the earliest flight to new york city is next saturday and they aren't the only ones. american canceled flights to new york and chicago and united, continental, virgin and u.s. airways did the same. >> somebody said we can -- there is a plane for us and then after a second, there is no plane and i don't know. i'm really confused. >> reporter: it's also tough news for the family that wants to get their daughter medical help. >> my daughter has a spinal specialest in new york waiting. >> reporter: she suffered a spine fracture while vacationing. after explaining their circumstances they were told they have to wait like everyone else. >> we have to wait in line and have electrical supplies. so we're happy and together so it could be worse. >> the family decided to take their chances through dallas to dc and going to try to make their way home. airport officials say at least 41 flights have been canceled so far today. reporting live, jade hernandez. >>> we will have continuing coverage throughout our newscast. coming up in just about seven minutes, we'll go to the re

and american, trying to book flights from l.a. if you were determined to get to new york or d.c. today, you theoretically could. >> there is coach availability for one person for today. >> reporter: one seat left. >> yes, sir. >> reporter: wow. united was willing to book a sunday return. no guarantees. but the soonest jetblue could book a return flight was monday night. yowza! and if you weren't able to get to the airport today -- the soonest i could get to new york on a coach ticket would be tuesday? >> tuesday. >> this is going to be a really big deal because this hurricane is hitting some of the largest cities in the country and not only that, but some of the airlines lararst hubs. >> reporter: edith rainer is trying to get a flight home to europe from d.c. she may have to take a train to boston, but amtrak has now cancelled most east coast trains. >> i wanted to have a great time in this country. reporter: instead, like millions of others, she's stranded. david wright, abc news, los angeles. >> and just to say, once again, the

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states. >> irene forcing several airlines to cancel flights. american airlines canceled 126 flights yesterday and moved planes out of the way of the storm. more flights expected to be grounded today. >>> in d.c. a memorial for martin luther king is postponed because of hurricane irene. a statue of the late civil rights leader was supposed to be revealed on sunday and even president obama planned to be there but event organizers are not taking any chances so they pushed back the ceremony until a later date. maybe sometime in september or october. >>> hurricane irene causing serious concerns in new york. if the storm hits the city square on, the flooding could be devastating. the mayor is considering evacuations and mass transit shutdown. earlier we spoke with stephen flynn who gave good advice to help new yorkers get through the storm. >> high-rises if you have a patio or a terrace out there get that furniture inside because that could be dangerous for people below and it can be used as a missile and essentially serve as a missile and hit your w

a number of flight cancellations. united/continental. delta and jetblue. airtran. we are talking about 5,000 flights that have been canceled in anticipation of the storm. some are allowing you to change your flight without any penalties. you need to check with your individual airlines. >>> coming up here, we are going to check in some more with these preparations that are being made. people are stocking up and watching the storm. we are talking about cities that are not used to be tested when it comes to hurricanes. we are back in 60 seconds. stay with me on this cnn saturday morning. : do peoe use smartphones to do dumb things? man 1: send, that is the weekend. app grapgic: yeah dawg! man 2: allow me to crack...the bubbly! man 1: don't mind if i doozy. man 3: is a gentleman with a brostache invited over to this party? man 1: only if he's ready to rock! ♪ sfx: guitar and trumpet jam vo: geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. if something is simply the color of gold, is it really worth more? we don't think so. chase sapphire preferred is a

in 1971, keeper held a northwest orient airlines flight hostage saying he had a bomb but no intention of killing anybody or doing anything. he simply required $200,000, which he was then given, at which point he parachuted from the back of the plane in rainy weather never to be seen again. that's a good story. and it happened. authorities have since followed more than 1,000 leads to find mr. cooper and gotten nowhere. the fbi found some of the money. dollar bills, marked before given to him. found a clip on the tie he wore that day and even what they think was his parachute. but the skydiving scoundrel himself remained illusive. after years, a person who might have helpful information on the suspect, the fbi sent an unnamed object out for forensics, perhaps because at this point, the government's motivation to find the rest of that $200,000 is our last chance to raise revenue. forgive me for the last palestine. the re line. the rest is all true. >>> why did wall industry react so badly, and after the show, check out our latest podcast. if you need to have -- to save problems. deepak c

. >> let's tell you about flight cancellations. airlines are being proactive. expect a lot of cancellations. this is an idea what we have gotten so far. united, continental, 2300. delta, 1300. jet blue, about 1,000. airtran, couple hundred. we don't have a specific breakdown. some are allowing you to change your tickets without a penalty because of this storm. so check in with your individual airlines. >>> just mentioned irene has weakened to this category 1 hurricane. but you saw on her radar there this is a monster storm. how exactly does it rate to other historical storms, powerful storms we have seen in the past? a little breakdown coming up next. it's 14 past the hour. we are all over hurricane irene this morning. [ male announcer ] get ready for the left lane. the volkswagen autobahn for all event is back. right now, get a great deal on new volkswagen models, including the cc. and every volkswagen includes scheduled carefree maintenance. that's the power of german engineering. right now lease the volkswagen cc sport for just $289 a month. ♪ visit vwdeal

united. american. trying to book flights from la. if you were determined to get to new york or dc today, you theoretically could. >> there is coach availability for one person for today. >>reporter: one seat left. >> yes, sir. >>reporter: wow! >>reporter: united was willing to book a sunday return. no guarantees. but the soonest jet blue could book a return flit was monday night. pl and if you weren't able to get to the airport today. >> soonest i could get to new york on coach ticket would be tuesday? >> tuesday. >>reporter: this is going to be a really big deal because this hurricane is hitting some of the largest cities in the country and not only that, some of the airline largest hub. >>reporter: he's trying to get a flight home to europe from dc. she may have to take a train to boston. amtrak now cancelled most east coast trains. >> wanted to have him if comfort. >>reporter: instead like millions of others she's stranded. david wright abc news los angeles. >> and world largest subway system will also shut down tomorrow at noon f

. >>> airlines account for nearly 2000 flights at the big airports. our team coverage now live at s the fo, travels can expect -- sfo, travelers can expect delays. >> the schedule boards say it all. united canceled all flights until monday. three to jfk and 2 to newark were canceled today and eight more are not flying tomorrow. passengers are scrambling. >> i was supposed to fly out and now it canceled so i'm trying find out when i'm getting out of here. >> we were able to get a flight to cleveland tomorrow. and then, we are going to drive to columbus, that is where my family is take the flight from columbus to new york on monday. hopefully. >> worried about your home back there? >> my wife is a physician too, so we are trying make sure her patients are okay too. >> this tennis pro is taking a group of 14 to new york this weekend for the start of the u.s. tennis open. >> everyone is afraid that they will not get there and if they get there, they are afraid there will be no stadium to go to or electric in in the hotels or restaurants. -- no electric in

. >>> airlines account for nearly 2000 flights at the big airports. our team coverage now live at s the fo, travels can expect -- sfo, travelers can expect delays. >> the schedule boards say it all. united canceled all flights until monday. three to jfk and 2 to newark were canceled today and eight more are not flying tomorrow. passengers are scrambling. >> i was supposed to fly out and now it canceled so i'm trying find out when i'm getting out of here. >> we were able to get a flight to cleveland tomorrow. and then, we are going to drive to columbus, that is where my family is take the flight from columbus to new york on monday. hopefully. >> worried about your home back there? >> my wife is a physician too, so we are trying make sure her patients are okay too. >> this tennis pro is taking a group of 14 to new york this weekend for the start of the u.s. tennis open. >> everyone is afraid that they will not get there and if they get there, they are afraid there will be no stadium to go to or electric in in the hotels or restaurants. -- no electric in

a i nounsed that all passengers on flights bound for the united states are now being checked on a government watch list under the implementation of the secure flight program. previously airlines were responsible for checking passenger names against watch lists. a seemingly equal application at airport checkpoints, foreign nationals were allowed to board aircrafts which maze positive identification impossible. a man donned a mask that made him appear to be much older and he was able to board a a flight from hong kong to b.c. the potential for defeating a system that relies on physical technology. with a vastness in screening technology, we have seen the x-ray machine replaced with the more sophisticated c.t. scanner. it uses software anomalies identification systems. it can identify small automatics of explosive residue. the technology has become oppressive lents at airports and -- has become prevalent at airports. we're witnessing an increased use of human intervention through behavioral pattern recognition programs such as screening passengers through observation techniques used now at bost

some airline flights and rail routes have been canceled. dozens of events have been postponed. earlier the category 3 storm barrelled through the bahamas with heavy rain and high winds, but no deaths or injuries have been reported. 56 >>> you've seen the scenes of chaos. tripoli is a long way from being secure for its citizens. and evidence is emerging of atrocities, and there's concern more horrors melee undiscovered. >> the heavy battle of gadhafi forces continued both in and outside of the leader's compound. dan rivers reports from the city left reeling from the conflict. we must warn you, his report does contain some disturbing images. >> reporter: this was the very heart of the regime. a potent symbol of gadhafi's resistance against the west now overrun by his enemies. so is the writing on the wall for the colonel. the rebels would like to think so, and they are determined to flush him out with minimal collateral damage. >> we don't like this fight because even they are our brothers. >> reporter: we've got to be careful at every corner in this part of the city near gadhafi

look at a few of the airlines with the cancellations, 2300 with united and continental, delta, 1300, jetblue 900, airtran several hundred. southwest, american, us airways also canceling flights, amtrak canceling east coast trains with service reduction beginning today, also new york's jfk and laguardia airports, also new jersey's newark international airport all going to be closed to allow arriving passenger international and domestic flights beginning at noon today. folks will not be able to fly into that area. also in new york, something unprecedented. evacuations from the city hospitals? hospitals in the city just have not had to do this before, at least five hospitals and more than 15 nursing homes were given 12 hours to get every patient out. looks like they got their job done. >>> also, picture to show you this morning, lady liberty, can you make it out? you just have to take me word for it it, the statue of liberty closed today, of course a precaution in the wake of hurricane irene. the city wants to assess the storm's impact before trying to open it up to visitors again. they

he was flying united airlines. he is not lying. as i interviewed travelers many raced to get to their planes. one man sent big bucks just to beat the storm. i paid $2,000 to get on the last flight. >> i have a car sitting in long- term parking that will probably be under 5 ft. of water or something like that. there might even be a window open in my apartment. i have no one to get it. for those like perlman is know about looking at other options. this is a bad of the bat. >> keep in mind there have already been a number of cancellations at san francisco international airport. for now reporting of san francisco international airport in paris on kron 4 news. heavy wind and waves pounding the shore and eroding the beaches. back here in the bay area a live look out the mt. tam cam. 1/2 body and misty drizzle. we will be right back. >> and we are back. a 30 9:00 a.m. and the following hurricane irene. you're looking at a live picture from north carolina. there were slammed by 85 mi. per hour winds and it made landfall overnight. we're he

subsequently, in december 2010, dhs announced that all passengers on flights with or bound for the united states are now being checked on a government watch-list under the implementation of tsa's secure flight program. previously airlines were responsible for checking passenger names against watch-lists. spoof of seemingly applicable screening techniques, foreign nationals were allowed to board aircraft while wearing clothing which made positive identification virtually impossible. in october 2010, a young man donned an intricate mask that made him appear to be much older and was able to board a flight from hong kong to dc and you remember the old mission impossible series will probably know what i'm talking about and the potential for defeating a system that relied heavily on a physical screening technology but didn't pay enough attention to the individual being screened. with advancements of screening technology, we have seen the x-ray machine replaced with a more sophisticated ct scanner. advanced video systems monitor airport perimeters and doors and use softwares anomalies identifica

subsequently in december 2010, dhs announced all passengers on flights with bound for the united states are now being checked on a government watch list-under-par the implementation of tsa's secure flight program. previously, airlines were responsible for checking passenger names against watch lists. in spite of seemingly equal application of physical screening techniques after airport check points, internationals could aboard aircraft while wearing clotting that made identification impossible. one mask made him appear to be much older and was aaron to board a flight from hong kong to vancouver. that incident demonstrated the potential for defeating the system that relied heavily on physical screening technology, but didn't pay attention to the individual being screened. with advancements in screening technology, we saw the x-ray machine be replaced with a ct scanner. they monitor airport perimeters and doors and use software anomalies identification systems. trace equipment can indicate trace residue and analyze material inside shoes. one advanced imagery technology are prevalent at ai